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Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by Cumpiler69 on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:39AM (#42337688)
>Had to look up that reference to Sweet Baby. Apparently they've been a recent target of "woke agenda" accusations

It's not just accusations, it's the truth. Sweet Baby Inc CEO came out in public talking about how they're blackmailing game studios with social media mobs in order to create demand for their services on censoring games, and recordings of SBI employees in video presentations saying their jobs is to "burn the games industry to the ground" and that game devs principles are rooted in "white supremacist patriarchal values".

How can one call it a conspiracy, is beyond me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq86DnmX2xY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6DygXwMOJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQa7NyicVAY

Re:More than 300 game developers lost their jobs in one day,... by n4r9 on Monday December 09, 2024 @04:42AM (#42364529)
Maybe it's my age, but I don't find reaction videos over a couple of selected quotes to be persuasive. Especially the first video, where the quote doesn't sound much like blackmail to me. The script is:

> If you're a creative working in AAA (which I did for many years), put this stuff up to your higher-ups, and if they don't see the value in what you're asking for when you ask for consultants/research, go have a coffee with your marketing team and terrify them with the possibility of what's going to happen if they don't give you what you want.

This is advice to employees about how to push for change from within. It's kind of aggressive, and the word "terrify" is OTT, but it's legit to say "if we don't do this we're going to get roasted on social media". Unless I'm missing something, there's no suggestion that Sweet Baby themselves would be the ones whipping up social mobs.